Muslim Jesus

Tarif Khalidi is Sheikh Zayed Chair in Islamic and Arabic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is the author of numerous books, including Classical Arab Islam: The Culture and Heritage of the Golden Age and Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period.

• Introduction: The Muslim Gospel The Background A Sketch of the Qur'anic Jesus Jesus in the Muslim Gospel The Early Context Emergence and Development The Earliest Sayings: Character and Function The Later Sayings and Stories Conclusion The Sayings and Stories Notes Bibliography of Arabic Sources Index to the Sayings General Index

Tarif Khalidi's commentary and compilation of Muslim depictions of Jesus is a remarkable, eye-opening work of deep scholarship, profound religious understanding, and unprecedentedly rich cross-cultural exchange. A work as full of novelty as it is of wonderful illumination, Khalidi's effort to show how one major religion adopted and loved the central figure of another religion establishes him as one of the foremost Islamic scholars of our time. This book is a pleasure to read, accessible to generalists and to those for whom bellicose claims about the clash of civilizations are as unsatisfactory as they are false.